Downhayne Farmhouse and Cottage Including Garden Railins to South East is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Farmhouse, cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Downhayne Farmhouse and Cottage Including Garden Railins to South East
- WRENN ID
- narrow-bronze-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse, cottage
- Address
- Downhayne Farmhouse and Cottage Including Garden Railins to South East, Downhayne Lane, Sandford, EX17 4DN
- OS grid reference
- SS 837 063
- Coordinates
- 50.84476, -3.6523
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downhayne Farmhouse and Cottage is a farmhouse and adjoining cottage built in the early to mid-19th century, which was modernised in 1984. The building is constructed of plastered rubble with rubble stacks topped with 19th-century brick, and it features a slate roof. The gable-ended range faces southeast and consists of a double-depth two-room house on the right (northeast) and a similar one-room cottage on the left. There is an end stack on the right and an axial stack located between the house and the cottage. The overall façade has five windows, which are 16-pane sashes, with the main entrance positioned towards the right. This entrance features a four-panel door with an overlight that includes glazing bars, panelled reveals, and a Doric porch. The cottage has its door at the left end, which is sheltered by a flat-roofed hood supported on shaped consoles. The right end of the building has one window that is slightly recessed from the main front to maintain symmetry. The front garden is enclosed by cast iron railings set on rubble footings, with the rails featuring fleur de lys finials and alternating hoops over some of the rails.
Local climate
Downhayne Farmhouse and Cottage Including Garden Railins to South East receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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